One of the stories told about Edison which does make me chuckle is; His huge lab works, composed of many buidings, unexepectedly caught fire in the middle of the night. He lived just a short distance from the lab complex with his wife and children. After the fire was reported, by then already totally out of control, he told his wife, "Hurry and wake the children so they can watch this. It's the biggest fire they'll ever see!"
